Tyra Banks causes a riot (Indirectly)

An America’s Next Top Model audition went apeshit yesterday in Manhattan after a broken down car pulled up next to thousands of barricaded models prompting someone to yell “It’s a bomb!” The ladies, all under 5′ 7″ per this cycle’s guidelines, obviously panicked and made like they’d just been offered pizza, crushing everything in their path. NY Daily News reports:

By the time the model madness ended, six women were injured and two women and one man were busted for inciting a riot, authorities said.
“The girls were running like it was 9/11 part two,” said Jennifer Brown, 27, of Kensington, Brooklyn. “I feared for my life.”
“The metal barricade fell down,” said Kiara McCarthy, 19, of Levittown, L.I. “All of a sudden we heard this roar from behind us and we looked behind us and there’s a wave of people falling on top of us.”

After surviving an apparently anorexic midget stampede, little Kiara now has a new lease on life. But not really:

“I’m 5-foot-3. There’s no way I can make it into a model agency,” McCarthy said. “They would turn me away at the door. We had an opportunity and it was taken away from us.”

People almost died, including herself, and all she can think about is being on TV. I think we’ve found the new Miss America, folks – provided she grows a few inches. Hey, can’t have the other countries thinking we’re a nation of dwarves. That’s just crazy talk.

I don’t know if this is really related to the subject, but Goddamn Tyra’s fine! She’s got a skinny face and neck and like hands and arms, but she got some big ol’ titties and hips and ass and the fat on her stomach is sexy. I wanna hurt this bird! By the way I mean hurt in a good sexual way, not in like a Chris Brown way.

Really? 5’3 is considered to be a midget nowadays? Superfish, are you aware the average American woman is 5’4? 5’3 is short, but by no means is it freakishly tiny.

@ 16: Models have to be over 5’7 so the clothes can be easily seen from a distance. Runway model don’t need to be pretty or have attractive bodies. They just need to be able to walk and be tall. Models are called walking clothes hangers for a reason.

If I am 5’1 then what does that make me? The average height of women around the world is 5’3. A guy has to be taller than me or I am not attracted to him. Many men are not attracted to tall women either. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I believe that America already puts tall women up on a pedestal. no amount of hard labor, charity, or praying can change your height so it is just another means of making women feel inferior and keeping them from changing the world!